Cow trough running out a ton faster then the sheep's

[Gromit]

So, why are my cow's troughs running out really really fast compared to my sheep's trough? like, my sheeps trough only moved a fraction compared to my cows were it ran out at full bar.

[Retech]

Are your cows pregnant?

[Gromit]

maybe. There are males in the pen.

[Retech]

Pregnant animals eat TONS more than non-pregnant animals. I think...ten times the amount?


Anyways, if there are members of the opposite sex in the same pen, it is likely that the female cows are pregnant.

[DatOneGuy]

So, why are my cow's troughs running out really really fast compared to my sheep's trough? like, my sheeps trough only moved a fraction compared to my cows were it ran out at full bar.

Unless I'm doing the calculations all wrong, a (non-pregnant) cow or bull eats, on average, 4.8 units of fodder each real-life day, and a sheep eats half that (a pregnant female eats ten times as much). Your three adult cows and two adult sheep would, then, survive quite well on one full trough (containing 200 units of fodder) for 10 real-life days.

It takes some extra fodder for lactating females to produce milk also, though -- 1/10 unit of fodder per liter produced, and the lamb will be wanting 2.4 liters of milk each real-life day.

I make no guarantees for not having messed up the calculations, though.


You are mad, by the way. You finally get to enjoy a nice, cool winter down there, and you choose to travel to stifling heat? To each his own taste, I guess.